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"WILLIAM A. NOACK, OF ALAMEDA. CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNO-P. OF ONE-HALF TO MURPHY DOOR BED COMPANY, OF FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CGPARTNERSHIP SISTING OF WILLIAM L. MURPHY AND WILLIAM K. W'HITE.

IRO'NING BOARD.

Application filed November 3, 1920. Serial No. 421,;47.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM A. Nonon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding structures and more particularly to built-in disappearing furniture such as ironing boards and the like adapted to be extended with relation to a cabinet or folded thereinto.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple substantial compact support for built-in disappearing folding structures such as lroning boards and especially astructure which permits ready extension or folding'of the same.

Another object of the invention .is to provide a pair of links for the support of the furniture and in conjunction therewith a pair of guide shoes and cooperating ad ust-- able stop members whereby the position of the furniture may be adjusted when in extended position.

Further ob 'ects will hereinafter appear.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- I Fig. 1 is a central vertical section of a cabinet showing an ironing board mounted therein. a

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a. cross section on line 3-3, Fig. 1.

The present invention is adapted for varying uses and is in the present instance illustrated as applied to a folding disappearing ironing board. The ironing board here illustrated may be built into a cabinet such as shown in the present drawings, or it may be built into a wall or partition where space permits. Figs. 1 and 2 illustrate a cabinet adapted to be suitably secured to a wall or partition member. This cabinet consists of a pair of side sections 2, a back section 3 a top section A, and a hingedly supported door 5, which may be closed when the ironing board is folded into the cabinet. The space formed between the back section and the door is comparatively shallow and in actual practice often less than three inches. The chamber or spacethus formed receives the ironing board enerally indicated at 6; the ironing board assuming a substantial vertical position therein. ,The ironing board is supported bymeans of a pair of links 7, one disposed on each side of the ironing board. The lower. ends of the links are pivotally attached to the adjacent side sections 2, as at 8, and their upper ends are pivotally attached, as at 9, to the underside of the ironing board. Secured to the lower or inner end of the ironing board and eXte-ndmg crosswise thereof is a rod 10, and

pivotally mounted on each end of the rod is a guide shoe 11. These shoes extend into grooves or channels 12 formed in the side sections 2 of the cabinet. f These grooves are vertically disposed and slightly inclined as shown and serve the function of guiding the inner end ofthe ironing board when it is" bemg extended. Theyv further serve the function of limiting the outward movement of the links 7 and the final position assumed by the ironing boardwhen extended. Secured in the upper end of each groove is a gombined stop and adjusting member 13. 1.1113 member consists of a plate 14 suitably secured in the upper end ofeachgroove, in

which is mounted an adjusting screw 15. These screws are engaged by the guide shoes 11 when the board is extended and thereby serve the function of stops which limits the outwardmovement of the links 7 and the final position assumed by the ironing board.

In actual operation with the ironing boa-11d assuming the position shown in Fig. 1, if itis desired to extend the board for use, it will only be necessary to open the door and to pull the ironing board in an outward direction. The links will during.

this outward movement of theboard swing in the direction of arrow at and'will finally assume-the dotted line position indicated at,

7. The inner end the ironing board will at the, same time travel upwardly and the guide shoes which extend into the grooves 19 will of course be guided by said grooves and will finally reach the upper ends there.

of where further z-novement is limited by the stop members or screws 15'; these screws being so adjusted that the board will assume a substantially horizontal position when extended. If it is desired to swing the ironing board back into the cabinet, it

is accomplished by merely exerting'a slight upward lift on the outer end of the board and at the same time pushing it into the cabinet. This will cause the shoes to travel downwardly in the grooves 12 and they will at the same time pull the links inwardly and cause the board to assume the position shown in Fig. 1.

The provision of the guide grooves 12 and the shoes which are pivotally attached to the rod secured on the ironing board is of considerable importance as the friction produced by the shoes when travelling in the grooves is net sullicient to permit a smooth easy movement when the board is being extended or folded. The provision or the adjusting screws oi-stops 15 is also im portant as it permits the position of the board to be adjusted when extended, that is slight inaccuracies in workmanship might cause the board to assume a slightly tilted position when extended unless adjustable stop members such as here shown are provided. It may furthermore be stated that wear and tear might also cause the board to finally assume a tilted or wabbly position unless the adjusting members here shown were provide Another important feature which may be considered in connection with the guide grooves and the shoes travelling therein is the fact that the number of metal parts employed is reduced to a minimum, hence decreasing the cost of manufacture, etc.

While the invention has here been described as employed in connection with an ironing board, it is obvious that the same mechanism may be used for other forms of disappearing furniture. I similarly wish it understood that various changes in form and proportion may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim, also that the materials and finish of the several parts employed may be such as the experience and judgment of the manufacturer may dictate or varying uses may demand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In furniture of the character described a cabinet having achamber formed therein, a pair of links within the cabinet, said links being pivotally attached at their lower ends, one to each side of the cabinet, an ironing board pivotally mounted between the upper ends of the links, a rod secured to the inner end of the ironing board and extending crosswise thereof, a pair of shoes pivotally secured on the rod, one at each end thereof, an inclined groove being formed ineach side'of the oabinet'into which the shoes extend, and an adjustable stop screw mounted at the upper end of each groove to limit the upward movement of the shoes and the outward movement of the links, said stop members being independently ad- 3' ustable.

' WILLIAM A. NOACK. 

